Deaths and Services Reported Across Iowa Regions
A multi-entry obituary list notes the deaths of Robert A. Mihm 43 of Marion Rose Strachen 75 of Alice Center Point Tressia J. Steggall 75 of Center Point John F. Ballew 15 of Cedar Rapids Raymond E. Plamadore 74 of LaCrosse Arlo Becker 74 of Watkins Jennie Chamness 87 of West Branch Canton Minn Decorah residents Aulden Oxley 73 and Ida Folkers 71 James Shipley 86 What Cheer plus other local figures. Services and burial details are provided for each, with funeral homes locations and memorial funds where listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond E. Plamadore
LaCrosse
Wis
Cedar Rapids
Anamosa
Olive Hagen
Mary E. Sawyer
Wkbh Radio
LaCrosse Drama League
Earl Machkovich
Wales
Mormon Coulee Memorial Park Cemetery
Funeral Services for Lester P. Fisk Saturday
Lester Peter Larry Fisk dies. service 2 p.m. Saturday at Cedar Memorial Chapel of Memories conducted by Rev Maurice Lynch of St. Jude's Catholic Church. Burial Cedar Memorial Park with American Legion Hanford Post No. 5 military honors. Friends may call at the funeral home today and after 9 a.m. Saturday. memorial fund set up in his name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert A. Mihm
Hillview Drive
Marion
Cedar Rapids
St. Lucas
Mary F. Gerleman
Ossian
Mihm
St. Luke’s High School
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
The
Knights of Columbus
Union
IBEW
Jacquelyn Mihm
Laurie Mihm
Jeffrey
Steven
Bradley Mihm
Mary Mihm
Leo
Clarence
Portland
Ore
Clarence Thole
Manchester
Tressia J. Steggall
Center Point
West Union
Gerald Steggall
Ladies Auxiliary Fraternal Order of Eagles
Cedar Hills
E.B. Gibford
Colton
Calif
Turner Chapel
Leon Ralberts
Cedar Hills Community
John F. Ballew
Ninth Ave
Palo
Wilson Junior High School
Gospel Tabernacle Church
Andrea Tate Ballew
Sherman Ballew
Ann Tate Ballew
Wynetta Ballew
Janey Ballew
Sylvester Tate Ballew
Arlo Becker
Watkins
Marie Boddicker
Harold
Ralph
Wilfred
Arlo Jr
Atkins
Theodore
Robert
Newhall
Mary Lou
Evelina Boddicker
Fisk
Lester Peter
Larry
Cedar Memorial Chapel
Maurice Lynch
St. Jude’s Catholic Church
Cedar Memorial Park
Hanford Post No. 5
American Legion
Lester Fisk
Rape cases rake Linn County overnight reports
Linn County authorities disclose two unrelated rape incidents. One occurred between 2 and 3 a.m. south of Highway 30 on Stoney Point Road with a suspect described as dark complexioned, brown eyed and brown haired. The second involved two white males who chased a woman from a Cedar Rapids tavern near Kingston Stadium. she escaped and reported the encounter to police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linn County
Highway 30
Stoney Point Road
Cedar Rapids
Fifth Street
First Avenue
First Avenue East
Kingston Stadium
Brighton man sues Cedar Rapids firm over truck misrepresentation
Robert E. Mackey files in Linn District Court alleging Sales Agency Inc misrepresented a 1973 model truck sold in February. He seeks $11,000 repayment plus $11,000 in punitive damages for the alleged defective performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Cedar Rapids
Robert E. Mackey
Linn
Sales Agency Inc
Fairfax quarry owner plans residential development near site
Cedar Rapids man Otto Kosek bought the 12 percent 4-acre Fairfax quarry from Iowa Fund Inc and says he may develop a residential area nearby. He aims to have ideas in 30 days while fishing remains allowed for permits obtained at his home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fairfax
Cedar Rapids
Otto Kosek
Mount Vernon Road
Fairfax City Council
Iowa Fund, Inc
Des Moines
Kosek
Prairie Creek
Barker
Hawkeye Waste Systems
Iowa City
Virginia Soukup
Linn County Sheriff's Department
Death by own action ruled in Benton County case
Ray Junior Adams aged 18 of 6503 South Ave SW died from a .22 caliber rifle wound to the chest. Assistant medical examiner Dr D C Wei deman ruled the death as death by own action. His body was found by grandfather Jess Pritchett two miles southeast of Shellsburg where they had gone to fish. Services set for 1 30 pm Saturday at Campbell Russell Funeral Home Vinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Junior Adams
South Ave
D.C. Weideman
Benton County
Adams
Jess Pritchett
South Avenue
Shellsburg
Campbell-Russell Funeral Home
Vinton
Union launches air safety advisory program nationwide
The Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization announces the Aviation Safety Advisory Program aimed at publicizing unacted safety hazards. PATCO leader Jon Gordon says hazards will be alerted if the FAA ignores concerns, stressing Cedar Rapids and Iowa City are safe for now and criticizing past FAA inattention. The move follows FAA actions ending immunity in the Aviation Safety Reporting Program and echoes concerns raised after a San Diego crash last September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Aviation Administration
Jon Gordon
Cedar Rapids
PATCO
FAA
Gordon
Iowa City
Sory
Langhorne Bond
NASA
Bond
San Diego
Truckers protest continues blocking pumps in Iowa
Independent truckers extend blockade at West Branch and Hawks Truck Stop in Coralville to pressure fuel access. State troopers monitor actions as windshields reported damaged near Williamsburg, while Hawks owner Dick Myers urges quick action to prevent bank ownership of rigs. Leaders vow to return and sustain pressure amid claims of widespread impact on food products and milk supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Branch
Duane Lacina
Francis “Chew” Strickler
Hawks
Dick Myers
AAM
Earl “Black Jack” Stevens
Loveland, Co
Midwest
East
West
Army plans mobile MX ICBM system to dodge Soviet strike
The plan would place 1000 ton mobile missiles in hardened shelters on tracks in Utah and Nevada under federal control. Each MX ICBM would carry 10 warheads and move between launch points in under 30 minutes. Authorities expect full operation by 1989 with costs around 30 to 32 billion over a decade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
Nevada
Federal Bureau of Land Management
Carter
Carter ends Rhodesia sanctions amid bitter Senate battle
President Carter announced lifting of sanctions on Rhodesia under the Case-Javits rule citing progress toward majority rule and an all parties conference. He warned opposition votes remain strong in Congress and a U.S. observer will monitor progress while a Senate dispute over the move intensifies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patriotic Front
U.S
Rhodesia
Carter
Senate
House
Schweiker
Congress
White House
Sens
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Robert Dole
R-Kans
S.I. Hayakawa
Jacob Javits
R-N.y
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Stephen Solarz
D-N.y
Foreign Affairs
Africa
Nigeria
Brinks Plotters Aimed at Lufthansa Cargo Heist Compared
Investigators link a Brink’s crew to a planned cargo terminal robbery at Lufthansa Kennedy Airport mirroring a December 1995 Lufthansa heist. Six masked men mapped runway timings and Brinks truck movements while discussing weapons. Participants face up to 20 years and fines if convicted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lufthansa
Kennedy Airport
U.S
Brinks
Port Authority
Mark Marchese
FBI
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rose Strachen
Alice
Alburnett
Lloyd D. Strachen
Marshalltown
Alice United Methodist Church
Don
Esther Kirk
Leota Boddicker
George Holsinger
Clair Rutan
Miami
Fla
Frederick Peter
Colorado Springs
Sheridan
Charlotte Mallett
Alice Cemetery
Murdoch
Iowa
Jennie Chamness
Scattergood School
Barker’s
Hickory Grove Cemetery
Decorah
John Kipp
Canton
Minn
Winneshiek County
Burr Oak Methodist Church
Stevie
Scotch Grove
Carl
Ida) Folkers
Anamosa Congregational Church
Goettsch’s
Delta
James B. Shipley
Harden
Abby
U.S. A
C.R. Man
Fairfax Quarry
Fairfax Fire Department
Coralville
Williamsburg
Richard Schweiker
R-Pa
Brink
John E. Lapes
Cedar Park
Person's
Ellis Blvd
Sine
16Th Avenue
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